The Baroque style originated in 1600s Italy and spread across Europe. It used dramatic expressions, gestures, and grandeur in art, sculpture, dance, painting, and music. Baroque interiors were characterized by rich colors, gilded furnishings, marble floors, intricate details, and luxury fabrics. Common design elements included foliage motifs, marquetry, putti figures, crests/initials, and lambrequin patterns. Furniture was large and elaborate, often with curved fronts, scroll-like legs, carvings, and gold accents. The Palace of Versailles exemplified Baroque interior grandeur. While ornate, Baroque aimed to nourish the soul through beauty.

1. INTERIOR OF BAROQUE
BY:
SALWA SHAFIQ AR-017
NIDA SAMI AR-054

2. HISTORY:
• The term BAROQUE once had negative meaning.
• The name s derived from baroque pearls (pearls with unusual and odd shapes.
• Compared to renaissance art, it was considered to be “over dramatic” and the
architecture, “over decorated”

3. INTRODUCTION:
• The BAROQUE style was first introduced in 1600 in Italy, and after that was
spread across Europe.
• It is a style that used exaggerated movements, expressions and gestures drama,
tension, and grandeur in sculpture, literature, dance, painting and music.
• Baroque style is the symbol of power.
• Baroque style spread throughout Europe, including Italy, Holland, France and
Spain.

4. Influence Towards Baroque:
• Roman catholic church supported baroque
art style in response to the protestant
reformation ( movement reform catholic
church)-communication of religious themes
with viewer’s direct and emotional
involvement.
• Aristocracy adopted baroque style to
impress visitors and to express triumphant
power and control.

5. ELEMENTS OF DESIGN:
• Characterized as dramatic, opulent, and luxurious with rich colors, intricately designed
furniture, gilded and ornamental accessories, and high-end textiles

6. • Floors are typically made from high-end materials such as solid wood
or marble

7. • Furniture is intricately detailed to accent embellishments with curved legs, carved
details, and gilding
• Gold frames and gilding on statues and pottery are common

8. • Large mirrors, crystal chandeliers, door knobs, and pulls are
commonly used

9. • Luxury fabrics in damask and floral prints are used for upholstery, wall coverings,
and floor-to-ceiling window coverings.
• Large room-sized, hand-woven rugs are placed to soften spaces

10. CHARACTERISTICS
FOLIAGE MOTIFS
 A profusion of plant life characterizes the Baroque style. Scrolling foliage and
garlands of flowers decorate many objects.

11. MARQUETRY
 Marquetry is the laying of veneers of different- coloured woods onto the surface
of furniture. This novel form of decoration was learned from French and Dutch
cabinet-makers.

12. PUTTI
 The Italian word 'putti' meaning 'boys' is the name
given to the chubby infants seen on many Baroque
objects.

13. CRESTS AND INITIALS
 The decorative use of monograms, usually people's initials, was a
particular feature of the Baroque style. Heraldic crests were also
incorporated into designs as symbols of status and ownership.
A 17th-century tile with the coat of arms
and initials of Ludwika Karolina Radziwiłł
from Biržai Castle

14. LAMBREQUIN MOTIF
• Baroque interiors were enriched with luxurious textiles.
The distinctive features of these fabrics were
transformed into motifs to be used in other media. The
lambrequin, or tasseled cloth, motif is one of the most
common.

15. FURNITURE IN BAROQUE:
• started: in 17th century
• Architects: Gianlorenzo Bernini and Francesco Borromini.
• Big and elaborate pieces of furniture are the characteristics of baroque
interior designs.
• The gold color is the most typical for this style.

16. CARYATIDS:
• ‘CARYATIDS’ and the scroll patterns were introduced.
Using the caryatid and scroll patterns in baroque
designs means the use of female figures along with
scroll-shaped and spiral-turned legs to support the
structure of the furniture.

17. WARDROBS:
• Baroque architecture had been transformed to
structures with curved fronts and was first
used on wardrobes and chests of drawers.

18. CHAIRS:
• Chairs were designed with high back and rich carvings. Even the cane
chairs had high backs with beautifully turned parts in place of the
carved areas

19. INTERIOR OF PALACE OF VERSAILLES
Baroque style

20. ROYAL BEDROOM

22. PUTTI IN HALL OF MIRROR:

23. FABRICS:

24. WALL PANEL:

25. MODERN BAROQUE INTERIOR DESIGN

27. • Maison & Objet that is running at Paris, today

28. • Dinning

29. • Lounge interior

30. • bedrooms:

31. • Chairs in modern BAROQUE

32. • Tables and wardrobe

34. “Decoration is really about creating a quality of life, and a beauty in
that nourishes the soul, that makes life beautiful. That’s what all this is
about, not just what’s in and what’s out”
ALBERT HADLEY